Notice of the Completion of Our Merger

KDDI Research, Inc., (head office: Fujimino-shi, Saitama / president and CEO: Yasuyuki Nakajima / hereinafter referred to as “KDDI Research”) hereby announces that KDDI R&D Laboratories, Inc., and KDDI Research Institute, Inc., merged as of October 1, 2016, changed the name to KDDI Research, Inc., and started business.

KDDI R&D Laboratories as the core of KDDI group’s research and development since April 1998 and KDDI Research Institute as KDDI group’s think tank since October 1990 had put efforts into the most advanced research, developments, and various kinds of investigations and analyses with information and telecommunications as their central region.

Under the vision of “Challenge for the Future,” we will aim for an affluent, people-friendly society by creating new value and proceed with a wide variety of research and development, as well as research activities.

Outline of the New Company

1. Company Name

KDDI Research, Inc.

2. Business Description

Investigation and studies of policies, markets, etc. with a focus on information and telecommunications, as well as research and development pertaining to the said fields

3. Head Office

2-1-15, Ohara, Fujimino-shi, Saitama

4. Representative

Yasuyuki Nakajima, President and CEO

5. Website URL

http://www.kddi-research.jp/

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